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  • Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America

    Roger Tory Peterson

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Feb. 1, 1998)
    Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
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  • Painting And Drawing

    Judy Martin

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, Oct. 1, 1993)
    Describes different materials for painting and drawing and discusses how to use them, providing tricks of the trade and examples of works by famous artists
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  • Orchestra, The

    Alan Blackwood

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, March 1, 1993)
    A colorfully illustrated guide for children to classical music features sections explaining the history of the orchestra, presenting the individual instruments, and showing a day in the life of an orchestra.
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  • Orchestra, The Tr

    Alan Blackwood

    Paperback (Millbrook Press, March 1, 1993)
    Traces the history of the orchestra and discusses the musical instruments that make up the various orchestral families
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  • Painting And Drawing/Trd

    Judy Martin

    Paperback (Millbrook Press, March 1, 1994)
    Describes different materials for painting and drawing and discusses how to use them, providing tricks of the trade and examples of works by famous artists
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  • Getting to Grips with Grammar

    Martin Manser

    Hardcover (Brighter Child, Aug. 5, 2003)
    The First Guide series of books helps explain the answers to the questions all kids have about important life skills all with an extra helping of humor for good measure! Don’t Slurp Your Soup! covers such topics as letter writing, e-mail etiquette, table manners, and good sportsmanship. Getting Down to Business tackles the topic of money—how to earn it, how to spend it, how to budget it, and how to save it. Getting to Grips With Grammar is a straightforward approach for teaching kids the basics such as parts of speech and how to use them properly. Getting to Grips with Grammar supplements school curriculum in language arts; Getting Down to Business supplements school curriculum in social studies; Don’t Slurp Your Soup supplements school curriculum in character education.
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  • Peterson First Guide to Astronomy

    Jay M. Pasachoff Professor of Astronomy, Roger Tory Peterson

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, )
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  • Peterson First Guide to Seashores

    Roger Tory Peterson, John C. Kricher, Gordon Morrison

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 15, 1998)
    This complete guide covers 317 of the most common and conspicuous plants and animals of the seashores, from jellyfish and kelp to clams, gulls, and whales. Species are grouped by habitat so readers know what they can expect to see along sandy beaches, in rocky tide pools, or in mud flats.
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  • My First Guide to Paper Airplanes

    Christopher Harbo

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2015)
    For years people have folded paper into planes. But the recent introduction of origami folds results in unique planes that truly take off. Step-by-step photo-illustrated instructions walk young readers through each stage. In no time they’ll be challenging one another to see whose plane flies farthest.
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  • The First-Timer's Guide to Magic Tricks

    Shawn McMaster, Janise Gates

    Paperback (Lowell House, Nov. 1, 1999)
    Offers advice to aspiring magicians on how to perform a variety of magic tricks, keep the audience interested, and create a performance style.
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  • Peterson's First Guide to Caterpillars of North America

    Amy Bartlett Wright, Roger Tory Peterson

    Library Binding (San Val, May 15, 1998)
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  • Peterson First Guide to Forests

    John C. Kricher, Roger Tory Peterson, Gordon Morrison

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, )
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